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  1. Sylvian Tennant
    Oh here are some of the tanker mods I made. I used a dark plastic one for clarity.
     

     

     

     
    Some bracing on the supports made from plastic strip, brake connections made from micro strip (found out that this melts which is good… but just be careful with it!) Some brake show retaining rods made from 020†brass rod and bracings made from staples drilled through the top of the chassis which will be hidden by the tank. About it really. Maybe need some new wheels and more weight but they can be done eventually.
     
    Thank you
     
     
  2. Sylvian Tennant
    Yes, I'm back with more of my adventures with wagons and paint to try and acheive an realistic and artistic outcome for me and my hobby!
     
    Also you'll get to see bits of the new layout at my club as well as the last few pics I took with the old one sad times.
     

     

     
    First off, I've some a few more Bachmann vans, and had a crack with some Bauxite. The techniques I've used have been previously explained in previous blogs.
     

     

     

     
    Next up is the bogie bolsters.
     

     
    so far I've simply weathered two, with hopes to modify two more as BR variants. The deckings were a humbrol 187/147 & 64/87 mix respectively. Washed over once or twice with a humbrol 33/98 mix. Dragging the brush along the planking to represent a grainy weathered wood effect. The same mix was used to the body then wiped away and metal work was picked out with humbrol 160... I may need to give the body work another wash to tone down the rust... not too convinced about how I've done it on the sanctions.
     

     

     

     

     
    The chassis was humbrol 33/98 followed by a wash of tamyia XF-10 then dry bushing humbrol 160 to give texture. Finally the oilly bits were humbrol 27004 (gunmetal) burnished when dry.
     
    I've also added some individuality to the wagons through the bolsters as you can see
     

     
    I am working on a coal train, for this I have bought/found some Bachmann 7 plankers.
     

     
    First off was to rub at the bodywork and paint with a fibreglass pen (a real genuine pain in the a***)
     
    then a wash of humbrol 33/98
     
    planking was done using a variation of humbrol begies/browns/greys and whites.
     
    the chassis was tret the same way as before. The metal work was 33/98 (not a wash) followed by 160 which was dabbed and rubbed away
     
    The unpainted wagons was oringially bright red and was apart of the brightly coloured digital train set.... until I got hold of it. the lettering was completely rubbed away and was primered white.
     
    Once this was done transfers were added before a second wash of 33/98. I plan to run these loaded but I have described wagon interior previously.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    I have unfortunatly rubbed some of the rivet work away! and dont worry if they looks crap before finished... they look great afterwards
     
    Finally the well wagons.
     
    Generally the same as the bolsters but with more empahsis on the humbrol 160 rather than the 33/98 mix.
     
    I picked out the rivet on the base as well, which wa s apain in the hole... they were then lightly wiped along the lengh of the wagon to represent weather beaten rust.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Oh and before I go... I've added lamps to my brake van! they were unpainted Spriangside white metal ones, sprayed with halfords white primer (humbrol was way too thinned) the lenses were humbrol 60 with a tiny dab of 33. secured with some UHU and given a light wash of 98/33.
     

     
    Please let me know what you think.
     
    Thank you.
  3. Sylvian Tennant
    yes, off to a flying start with some actual non-practise weather.
     
    Originally, I was going to do a detailed step by step account of what I've built and how I've done it. However, I have since changed my mind. Instead, I will write about how I've done stuff but at certain stanges, such as starting, built, modifications, painting and weather. But that will come later. At the current time, I have just finished a small rake of Parkside 13t hi-bar wagons, all the the trafers were modelmasters and the paints being humbrol & tamiya. Tamiya was used only for two of the interiors of the wagons.
     

     

     

     

     
    Oh, alos, you can see there is no "High-bar" wording on them... mainly due to there being none on the transfer sheet and I couldn't be bothered to hunt around to find some.
     
     
    Next up is a Bachmann WR 12t vent van, weather entirely with humbrol paints.
     

     

     

     
    As you can see, I have included an indentical wagon in the rake to show the comparison between a weathered example and one straight from the box.
     
    Finally there is a modified Dapol/Airfix brake van, again I will write an article on how I did it but here is the finisehd result. This was painted and weathered entierly with humbrol products.
     

     

     

     
    Anyway, there's ya lot... I'm off to celebrate my 1st anniversary with my girlfriend please be kind with the feedback...or at least constructive. I hate people who try to belittle.
     
     
  4. Sylvian Tennant
    I assure you guys that some revenune earning stock will be put up on my blogs soon but in order to just amke sure I'm not going down a deep dark alley of despair I just needed to practise. This time I though that instead of just weather bits ofa knackered wagons, that I'd do several whole wagons to see what the techniques I've learned can achieve.
     
    So here goes...
     

     
    I used some old and by todays standards some crappy Hornby wagons... two steel 21t representatives from those 5+ year old starter sets I got given years ago, a Hornby hunting wagon I bought from Toys R Us around 14 years ago and an Emlyn 7 plank wagon that has given me years of great service from my first ever train sert "The Midland Belle"... out of curiousity did anyone else have that train set?
     
    First off al the Emlyn wagon, the outer planks painted a mixture of humbrol begie, brown, grey enamels to which I can't remember at the moment but feel free to ask for I shall look when I'm back home.
     

     

     

     
    The solebars painted humbrol black (33) & chocolate... I should have just don e it chocolate for it wa sa wooden solebar... but I'm an idiot!
     
    the whole wagons was then given a wash of the same thinned mix and the strapping/iron work a thick covering of it...
     
    the inteterior of Tamiya Deck Tan(XF-55) & Light Grey (XF-20) followed by a wash of the same mix as before.
     
    Some dry brush with humbrol rust (113) and leather (62) around the solebars, buffer beams, W irons and brake gear and a thinned mix of gunmetal metalcote applied to the axel boxes
     
    Secondly the Hunting wagon...
     

     

     

     
    Alot of the same was done as above however some fundemental experimentation was carried out.
     
    the solebars were painted chocolate brown, followed by a wash along the solebars with Tamiya dark brown (XF-10 I think?) either that or revell leather (87) can be used.
     
    The interior was painted with the same basic wooden plank colours as the outside... I don't know about this one, much preffer the effect on the previous wagon.
     
    The ironwork was painted Revell Leather (87) and when dry dabbed with white spirit gently rubbed away with a dry cotton bud.
     
    Next off... some steel work & rusting
     

     

     

     
    I had previous washed this wagon in matt black as a tester and had a crack at some fiber glass attacks... jury's still out with the latter but toning down was well worth it, however maybe next time some humbrol 98/62 or revell 87 might suffice in the mix.
     
    What followed with a dabbing on or a crude mix of thinned revell 87. The mix itself was quite inconsistent which is prefect.
     
    The interior is a mix of humbrol 33,98 & 62... I might increase the mix of 62 & 98 next time.
     
    The unframe was a basic repeat of the first wagon
     
    finally something which I'm very unsure about.... the same as above was carried out however, I used the humbrol 33 & 98 mix
     

     

     

     
    also, the underframe was painted Tamiya XF-10, followed by a wash of humbrol 98 which I was unhappy about and finally washed back over with XF-10...
     
    this was followed up with the obligatory dry brushing of humbrol 113 & 62 and metalcote gunmetal added to the axel boxes.
     
    ... on all the wagons I also painte don with a cocktail stick the white brake handles.
     
    here they are in the middle of my coal rake on the Stockburn layout... to feature very soon (I hope) in the next Hornby magazine!
     

     

     
    Please let me know what you think...
  5. Sylvian Tennant
    Yes, I continue my weathering practise and unleash my horrors upon the modelling world bwahahahahaha *cough cough*... anyway!
     
    Over the past couple of days I have been doming some more practising and experimenting... namely on some of my old Hornby stuff.
     
    The next victim inline was my fav old A4 of the lot "Bittern"
     

     
    The body sides had a mix of metalcote gunmetal, leather & chocolate applied to them then wiped off with a cotton bud. when dry it was them buffed with a dry cotton bud and burnish with a toothbrush.
     
    The loco frames were matt black & leather (I think)
     
    Wheels & oily patches were metal cote, leather, again burnish when dry
     
    the roof & bulkheads (cab interior too) were painted gunmetal (metallic) & matt black
     

     

     

     
    The smokebox door up to the chimney where painted metalcote gunmetal ,metallic gunmetal & matt black adding leather to give a bit of warmth. afterward I burnished it again which really toned down the leather in the mix. I don't see this alot of model A4s which is a real shame.
     

     

     

     

     
    The rear of the tender, I'm told, was left relatively unclean so I only lightly wiped the mix away from here. Again this was polishe dand burnished though.
     

     
    The cab interior was given some nice colours painted on with a toothpick... the colours were brass (pipes) copper (top handles), scarlett (handwheels, regulators) and a wash of metalcote gunmetal.
     

     
    When all of this had dried, I bought a cheap set of pastels (which came witohut a brown...GAH!) and lightly sprayed some matt varnish. I masked off the sides up to the handrails and brushes some of the black grey soot along the top of the loco. again I spray lightly some matt varnish over it. Unfortunatly it's taken on a light greyish colour and the varnish I used was humbrol.. I'm not too taken by it really. I might invest in some weathering powders next time.
     

     
    Finally, some leather was dry brushed around the water filler and the space surrounding... some more practise I think. This was followed by some black chalk along the top of the sides using the same technique as before. Hmm... still not too taken by it really. Afterwards polished the sides of both loc and tender by lightly buff with a cotton bud dipped in a very slight ammount of white spirit.
     

     
    Overall, I think a good first effort but please let me know what you guys think.
     
     
    Next up I have had another crack at the 9F... I basically just washed the same mix as I used it on before. But with some light grey dry brushed to represent water & limescale deposites.
     

     

     

     

     

     
    I shall look forward to being torn apart on my efforts
  6. Sylvian Tennant
    I have come to a rather interesting decision recently and I have decided to name all my running trains.
     
    Now this will really just apply to engines without any prototypical names (those I have included but shall be named after a particular prototype!). This also names I won’t be doing any nameplates. In all honestly it’s just a bit of harmless humour (I hope) whilst trying to engage my friends, partner and the general public into the hobby without boring them to death with technical speak.
     
    The engines I have chosen name for are:
     
    A1 –Hal ‘o’ the Wynd
     
    A3 –Robert the Devil
     
    Ivatt 4MT "43073" – Colin
     
    Ivatt 4MT "43010"– Igor
     
    Ivatt 4MT "43025"– Eric
     
    Black 5 "45242" – Murphy
     
    Black 5 "currently 44668"– Rory
     
    K3 – Jerome
     
    3F "Jinty" – Jemma
     
    9F – Dennis
    Q1 - Derek
     
    Ivatt 2MT Tank – David
     
     
    Engines currently waiting to be named:
     
    J39 –
     
    Deltic – (Depends on if I give it a name because I wouldn’t have yellow warning panels!)
     
     
    Suggested names I have listed below for the future:
     
    Sylvian (girlfriends suggestion – for a future Black 5 or 4MT 2-6-0)
     
    Siobhan (another future Black 5 or 4MT 2-6-0)
     
    Blixa (another future Black 5 or 4MT 2-6-0)
     
    Sally
     
    Pete
     
    Ranulf
     
     
    The general rules are:
     
    Most names will be acceptance (apart from those deemed unfit i.e Jordon, Kerry, Chelsea, Jodie, Rooney)
     
    Must NOT have swear words in
     
    Engines already named will keep those names
     
    Names of specific Goths/Alts will be the prioritised to the Black 5s, this may extend to anything else black later on!
     
     
    If anybody has any suggestions out there including ideas for the types of engine a name you’d think would suit best please don’t hesistate
  7. Sylvian Tennant
    Continuing my weathering practise I took the plunge and decided to do my first ever locomotive! And was very please with my first time results… until I cracked open the power lube and this ended in me accidentally coating the loco in this stuff after cleaning up the mess I caused whilst trying to free up the valve gear.
     

     
    The story is I spilt it and afterwards absently maidenly picked up the loco and tender… whoops! What followed was a wipe down with baby wipes that left the loc look rather greasy. Which was nice but unfortunately I removed parts of the weathering. Also it was a rushed job so I could defiantly do better, and this has pretty much destroyed the rusted/greasy effect of the valve gear & coupling rods (plus the lube was a disastrous effect too.)
     

     
    Anyway… after kicking a lot of my room about in frustration after wards here are the results.
     
    The engine was an aold Hornby-tri-ang 9F a friend gave to me, there as some pics of it before the process on my gallery somewhere so you can take a look at the difference!!

     
    These are before the final wash.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     


     

     
    The end product before the accident
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    And finally after ward (and this morning after trying to get the sodding camera to work)
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
    Please don’t be too harsh… it was my first time and I did cock up
     

     
     
  8. Sylvian Tennant
    Luckily I have it was al just bits and pieces that I was messing around with! but I would like to show you the fruits of my labour and also gather some tips and creative criticism. (I don't want, "that looks like a bag of s***e", I want, "That looks like a bag of s***e but here's how you could improve...")
     
    Anyway....
     
    First of all, I began by trying out some wood effect on a knackered old Dapol Brake Van.
     

     

     
    This was done using Tamiya Acrylics
     
    The base colour was Deck Tan, followed by mixing Flesh, Dark Brown & Nato Black.
     
    Followed by a wash of Humbrol 98 & 33
     

     
    Overall, I was really pleased with the Flesh, Deck Tan & Dark Brown mixes but Nato Black greens everything... less of that in the future! Currently I am limited to these Tamiya colours but will be getting more soon.
     
    I did one another one with humbrol 147 & 187 but I forgot to take photos plus the technique is practised elsewhere!
     
    The next one was to do a basic wash of Humbrol 33 of the whole wagon (including chassis), taking into jointed and raised detail. the wash was about 90% thinners & 10% paint.
     

     

     
    This was a full paint up from priming to weathering here. The wagon body was primed with Halford red oxide. I had also sprayed the interior white. That will be a one off I think.
     
    The side with the "patch work planking" was Humbrol 113... I had made a slightly mistake in the painting and weathered it whilst still wet and removed the paint back to the priming so it was reapplied and looked a little more dustier than the first attempt.
     
    The second side was painted with Humbrol 133 and both results I was quite pleased about.
     
    I followed this with a wash of Humbrol 98 & 33 wiped away with a cotton bud, one end in white spirit to get into the corners and the other dry. I DO recommend leaving the paint to dry for a day or two before to this bit!
     
    Finally the metal work was picked out with Revell 84.
     

     

     
    (I know I the planked effect looks pants on it, that will be improved! and the photos make the rust effect look a little bright too!)
     
    The interior was as said before, Humbrol 187 & 147, slapped on in parallel with the wooden planked and left for about an hour to dry before slapping on a thin followed by a slightly thinker mix of Humbrol 98 & 33. This was again worked in along the way of the planking and don't worry about the second coat initially looking too thick. It will thin out as your work along it.
     

     
    For the chassis work I tried different methods I used Tamiya Dark Brown (XF-10) block painted & 98 again blocked on. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures again! But the attempted with 98 & 33 blocked in I did photograph.
     
    The result was finished by dry brush Tamiya Dark Brown & Revell 84. I also dry brushed Humbrol 53 & humbrol 62 but I think the effect is dire. The axel boxes were treated to a drop of Metacote gun metal.
     

     
    Finally, I gave loco weathering a try.
     
    The cab roof was given three different cotes. The right was Humbrol 33, 98 & 53 ( the middle was the same but with less leather), the left was humbrol 33 & 53.
     
    The loco body was painted in thinned Humbrol Metalcote gunmetal & 62 then rubbed away with a cotton bud in white spirit, then with a dry cotton bud.
     
    The top was dry brushed with the same mixture, then rubbed away with a dry cotton bud when touch dry.
     
    The valences were dry brushed with Humbrol 53 and a 90/10 thinned Humbrol 33 worked into the recesses. Revel 84, Humbrol 62 & 53 were dry brushed around the top of the paneling.
     
    the smoke box door was a Metalcote gunmetal, 62 & 33. Hmm... looks a little too brown for me so may need a little more work.
     

     

     

     
    I went a little into overkill with a cotton bud soaked in white sprit the morning after though!
     

     
    Anyway, please let me know what you think for a first attempt.
  9. Sylvian Tennant
    It’s been nearly two years since I’ve picked up a kit. The reason why was down to a lack of confidence in my own ability. However a recent house move and prospect of employment had given me a new drive for modelling. This has been a project I have wanted to do for a long time since hearing about the Esso Oil Trains to Fawley hauled typically behind a 9F or later by a Type 3 (Class 33). The actual inspiration came from a picture of an N gauge layout were a Crosti 9F was pulling was rake of Esso oil tankers with a shoc open acting as a barrier wagon. Since then I have upped scale to OO and tried to tackle this train before with dire consequences but I decided my interest should not be dictated by my errors so I have returned to tackle it once more.
     
    This is to be my first all kit train including the barrier wagons and brake van, using a combination of Dapol 20t “Esso†tanker wagons and a 20t brake van and Parkside Dundas BR 13t hybar wagon kits and adding various modifications through construction. I know plenty of you will have tackled these kits before and probably know the modifications I will carry out (I’m not a fine scale modeler but I like to add bits and pieces) blind folded but this to show that someone which as little experience as I have that it can be done. So it will be a step-by-step account of the building process. Also I didn’t rush anything; this has been done over a 4-6 month period.
     
    Currently, in order to keep the building rate manageable and for it not to become too tedious I have kept the whole train to 11 wagons. That is two open wagons acting as barriers, eight tankers and the brake van but eventually I hope the whole train will double in size eventually to about four opens, and fifteen tankers!!! (and the brake obviously!).
     
    Details of what I used shall be put up once the inital project is finished!
     

    Initially I started off in the kitchen but I found it quite a stressful place to be at so I relocated to the bedroom which, though smaller is much more manageable!

     

    As you can see, I am also a bit of a Doctor Who fan!


  10. Sylvian Tennant
    So, I've managed to get the paint work done on the tram. As I've decided to devise my own railway for it, I took some personal liberties such as the purple motif on the side skirts.
     

     

     
    The lining is far from the best, but I used what I had to hand, a white gel pen which I've used on larger projects such as the 16mm scale wagons. But, it'll do and show what can be done with materials I had to hand.
     
    I wanted to pt the name of the railway but I couldn't find my gold gel pen so instead I just give it a number with some transfers I had to hand from a previous commission. It's the number of the first house I lived in.
     
    I'll need to varnish it with some Klear, and add the last bits of detail. Now I'm wondering whether to weather it, just a touch to show a working engine rather than your typically well groomed 7mm model.
  11. Sylvian Tennant

    J27 #3

    By Sylvian Tennant,

    So far so good, i've managed to pretty much overhaul the locomotive and tender to give a decent representation of a J27.
     

     

     

     
    Unfortunately when I was looking over some images of the engine i was going to represent it turns out the dome was the wrong type. Being that anal I hunted around for another J27 with NER Pattern buffers and dome in the Teesside region...eventually finding 65870 which spend most of it's life in or around Area 51 and have the correct pattern details I needed.
     

     

     
    Following on from this, I just need to add some more obscured loop couplings, make up some three linkers and glazing otherwise she's ready for a repaint. Saying that, I am considering making a slightly bigger balance weight for the centre wheels to help hide the other splashers as the J27 had them only on the centre ones.... maybe I should have done a J26 !
  12. Sylvian Tennant
    There were a few things I forgot to post a while back that I had done for other people so I'm hoping to catch up on this.
     
    Recently I was given a Class 08 (well I say recently I must have had it for the best part of a year). It was in a slight state of disrepair and had been bought second hand. I was told to replace the ladders and front steps as they had either been broken or broken off. there wa also a missing sandbox which needed replacing.
     

     

     

     
    All that finally required was to weather and I was specifically told to not over weather... make it look new but used.
     
    The customer is a regular of mine and is pretty much always pleased with any i do. Though I feel a little awkward about receiving too much praise.
  13. Sylvian Tennant
    For some reason I started on this last night ...
     
    I think it was a Scratchbuilt J27 which another dickie X04 motor and dated chassis. Like the G5 it may have seen many owners and i think compared to any later offers may be slightly out of scale but overall it looks like a J27 and that's all that really matters to me as I think I can finish up with something that looks good.
     

     
    The chassis is now a Bachmann Jinty which we undergo some visual mods to look like a J27 under frame.
     
    I'v had to cut a fair bit from under the boiler to shoehorn the chassis and take to it and yes, unfortunately the daylight will be limited and I think there may be some shorting issues with the can motor and the metal body but I think they're easy to solve.
     
    The body itself needs a lot of work both from when i received it to further work that needs correcting after I started hacking. Plus a snowy finish from white spray paint I accidentally let off in it's presence. Hopefully with all going well I shall have a BR locomotive with a detailed (and removable cab) that can be put to service on local freight trains.
  14. Sylvian Tennant
    Just a quickie to say I've started cracking on with a couple of new projects. This year will mainly be tank engines as I have none updated so far and since finished the Gresley coaches I may need venture into other projects for the variety. Currently in the works are a G5, which I think is Nucast originally. Built by a member of my old club and handed to me as some sort of sixth hand gift.
     

     
    TBH the original motor was a Triang X04 motor which I think has seen it's best days. So I'm going to open out the chassis and try and a fit a high level gear box with Mashima motor. I also need some new wheels as the original ones were for a live chassis operation - I have been told this this is a simpler operation than the wiper pick-ups but i'm not buying that!
     

    Next up is a Gresley V1/3 (I don't know which!) which is the old Bachmann model - this is just a simple update to compliment the Gresley coaches I've built.
     

     
    Later on there will be a Ivatt 2MT Tank and a Thompson K1 (not a tank engine and somehow I've rejected the idea of the Hornby one and decided to build me own!)
  15. Sylvian Tennant
    I've been away for a while, mainly due to personal tribulations, moving house, finishing uni for the year and trying to find a job to maintain our overheads. However this has not entirely stopped me from modelling when we finally managed to settle down. I now have a room all to myself to model and a garden (of which you may soon see some railway related activity once finances and time improve).
     
    I last left you with my updating of some Hornby Railway Gresley stock. I finally managed get to a position where they are beginning to come together.
     

     

     
    The technique I have follow mainly can be found here and in my eyes looks near perfect for what I want as a teak finish. The transfers are HMRS and are meant to represent them in the early to mid fifties when the original liveries were mingling with the newer blood and custard.
     
    These coaches were inspired by an image I have of a D49 on a local train not to far from where I live. It was taken in 1954 and shows two coaches in teak and two in crimson and cream which seems perfect for a local train being pulled by a 4MT or V1/3.
     
    They are defiantly not perfect, the lining on the Crimson stock is not the best and maybe a little too high to be deemed "proper" and the guards handrails on the brake coaches leave a lot to be desired however, I'll live with that.
     

     

     
    The under frames with painting with a mix of under frame grime and roof dirt from Railmatch - a 2:1 mix in favour of the roof dirt. and the roofs were giving a similar undercoat of the mix but with a bigger ratio of roof dirt (5:1 this time)
     
    The under frame sides for the teak stock where given a Humbrol 62 & 70 equal mix.
     
    The interior were painted Railmatch teak (ironically) and washed down with Humbrol 98 which was wiped away. The seat where Vajello red and blue (I can't remember which but any of the more vibrant ones should be okay) the pictures and mirrors was just a silver and white gel pen which won't look to out of place once installed properly.
     

    Next up - to weather them and hope some of the little niggles blend in and finish the roofs. hopefully by the next post they've finished with glazing, corridors and passengers.
  16. Sylvian Tennant

    Teak update

    By Sylvian Tennant,

    Just a quick update on my Hornby Teak conversion project.
     
    The bodies are now complete. I've drilled the holes to accept MJT handrails and grab handles, added roof vents from Lanarkshire models, and roof handrails. Toilet pipes and emergency brake pipes. I've also removed the gangways to later be replaced by some scratch built and MJT concertinas and glued the ends to the bodies removing filling and sanding down the joints between them.
     

     
    Hope you're all having a lovely weekend.
  17. Sylvian Tennant
    So after ramming some engines through the updateometer I realised that I haven't done any rolling stock for at least a year! Which is terrible of me. Worse still, apart from the support coaches for my breakdown crane, I have no passenger stock at all.
     
    Well that must change so first things first, I have set about doing a local passenger set to go with my Ivatt's and a V3 I have waiting to be converted.
     
    Now it might have been a simple affair of buying some new and improved Hornby Teaks and in an ideal world I might have. But I'm a poor student and i have a rake of some Railroad Teaks lying about so I thought, sod it, I'll use them instead.
     

     

     

     
    I'm not bothered by the inaccurate length of the coaches - they look enough like Teaks to me. The underframe however is something I would struggle to live with. So I set about with some MJT bits and some parts that had come through to my local shop from another which had closed. On hind sight the white metal battery boxes could have been scratch built to fit in with the support girders. the MJT parts - being accurate - were too long to fit between the frames.
     
    Originally I was going to make the girder frame from plastic card but they proved to be too arduous a task, plus when the original moulding were not too badly damaged and could be reused in part. the only replacement was the centre bit so I swapped for some evergreen 'L' section. the read was pretty much straight forward bar some slight inconstancies but visually nothing to cause too much alarm.
     
    I'm wondering how to couple the middle set of coaches up but I have an idea in mind.... watch this space.
  18. Sylvian Tennant
    Hello again
     
    I'm doing on a bus, which is a first. Just another completed Mucky Duck. Complete a with a clean (ish) smoke box and another fireman having a sneaky tab.
     

     

     

     
     
    I might have to introduce a workplace ban on this from now on as I run the risk of it becoming Samey, the same with the clean smoke boxes
     
    Anyway here's 43054 (a Saltburn engine) either her Teesside based sisters.
     

  20. Sylvian Tennant
    Hello hello hello
     
    I'm sort of back, kind of. I've been quite busy of late with a study that is going mental with stuff, a uni course who over aches my head and a girlfriend who is now a fiancée. Mental.
     
    But I still have time to model which is good.
     
    So here they are, first up is my beloved Q6 which I finished on Friday. Unfortunately the light in the pictures is a bit pants but I wanted to add something a bit different from the usual mucky engines. So, I painted the bottom half of the smoke as a "patch up job" even else is pretty much filth and I've even added the fireman having a tab as he looks out between shovel fulls
     

     

     

     
    ?Next up (and finished the same time) is my slightly battered WD which I now think looks a much more professional looking model that in it's previous guise. Again, I'm slightly bored of completely filthy WD look now so (along with my other WD with it's clean buffer) I want to add a clean or repaired bit ever WD I work on. This time, it was the smoke box which has seemingly went under repair and repaint in comparison to the rest of it. Obviously it was be unrealistic to just lap paint and be done with it so I, washed humbrol 62 & 33 over the smokebox. I then dusted the top of it and steam pipe with Humbrol 27004, 62 and 64 and using a white colouring pencil added stream down the door. Finally some umbral 64 was dribbled at the bottom of the smokebox front.
     

     

     

     
    ?Both engine have couplings with work with your typical mention locks and (hopefully) D&G couplings which our club use for shunting.
     
    Till next time my dear fellows.
     
     
    I hope you like, I like.
  21. Sylvian Tennant
    Hello, hi, good evening, who are you!
     
    Ah well never mind, you're here now and I suppose I should talk to you.
     
    Well, enough of these commissions and imaginative what if's, something relatively real now, for me.
     
    remember that Dave Alexander Q6 that I was relegating to the side due to my overly pessimistic opinion of doing something completely heinous to cause it to go wrong (of which I'm eternally shackled to) Well somehow it has managed to please the God's enough to work!
     

     

     
    So far I only have the chassis built but that is more or less complete saved some slight tweaks with the weathering which can happen once it's fully assembled. I'm quite pleased with it!
     
    I'm going to put it to one side as another commission has come my way and also I have this to work on.
     

     
    For £75 it's not bad but there's a fair bit of work and possibly a repaint on the way. I'll explain more later unless you would like to read my new blog update (warning contains strong language and opinions)
     
    http://sylviantennant.blogspot.co.uk
  22. Sylvian Tennant
    I was given these little Hornby fellows by a friend to paint up, I think one set is for his "Black Prince" or "Cock of the North" 9F (I can't remember which!) and the chaps in green at the front (which isn't that prevalent because my of cr*ppy camera phone)for his GWR project, which I can only describe as a bit of a beast.
     

     

     
    I also gave a quick slap up of the accessories he gave me too.
     
    Next up, my other rates rather knackered Bachmann 08, but firstly, I want to get my Q6 chassis motorised and working before I crack on with that.
  23. Sylvian Tennant
    Well I did really... But I managed to surpass even my own expectations and got my breakdown train finished!
     
    and here's the results.
     

     

     

     
    About three generations of Hornby Railways are combined in this one train... plus a Bachmann J39.
     
    All of the train (save the 12t van) have been heavily modified in some way or another.
     
    I'm currently waiting to see it;s first proper useage at Railex NE at Blyth. If you're around, please don't hesitate to say hi.
  24. Sylvian Tennant
    Hello again you men and women and cats and dogs and all sort of other people.
     
    You've heard me bang on about it enough time already. I just thought I'd share with you all some quick photos I took tonight on our exhibition layout in progress "Hartburn Junction".
     

     

     

     

     

     
    It is now running and will be at the Middlesbrough Model Railway Exhibition on the 17th & 18th May, we have unfortunately had a few set backs which has hampered total completion of the layout in time for the exhibition however we should be on track to have the layout completed fully in time for our next show at Blythe over the August Bank Holiday.
     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     
     
    Please do stop by to say hello if you are at either exhibition.
     
    For more information please do visit our website http://www.stocktonmrc.co.uk/
  25. Sylvian Tennant
    I have been quite busy, so far, I have a couple of trains to get through before the exhibition on may and one in the running is a fitted van train pulled (hopefully) but a B1 61030 "Nyala".
     

     
     
    I bought a good running split chassis B1 from Tri-Ang Man about 10 months ago with the intention of making this locomotive and have managed to finally get round to it.
     

     
    I even scratch built a new smokebox dart from brass bits (which I am quite proud) as well as new front steps which makes 2nd radius curve a bit hair raising.
     

     
    I also cut out the moulded coal and added a bit of depth to eventually show that the engine will need to pop off to the depot soon.
     

     
    However, not everything went to plan.. for more info on what I did, please do visit my blog.
     
    http://sylviantennant.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/a-series-of-unfortunate-events.html
     
    Be aware, the content is aimed primarily at adults.
     
    Also a big thank you to 34theletterbetweenB&D for supplying the spare wheels as the rear set for this one had decided not to play ball.
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